In an interactive case study during Ward and Smith’s annual Employment Law Symposium, the attorneys shared practical strategies for managing safety concerns and employee health, navigating the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act, minimizing liability, handling workers’ compensation claims, and determining whether individuals are employees or independent contractors.
The session used the firm’s signature Live-Action Role-Play (LARP) technique to provide insights on how the leaders of a hypothetical company should respond to an A/C malfunction in the middle of July when the team is facing a critical deadline.
The discussion featured insights from Ken Gray, leader of the Labor and Employment Law Group, Amy Fitzhugh, a professional licensing attorney, and Hayley Wells, a labor and employment attorney.
Fitzhugh sparked the discussion by presenting background information on the fictional company Precision Plastics Molding, which produces everything from medical devices and car parts to smartphone cases and toothpaste caps.
“Right now, they’re focused on sunscreen bottles and caps since it’s literally the heat of summer,” laughed Fitzhugh.
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